The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 26, 2174
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
8:03 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3112
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.6° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.48° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.19° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.